Podcast Episodes

209A-Viking Legends: Bloodlines

A Norse saga in the truest sense of the word, this story follows one family through changing times of the Middle Ages. There are cursed swords, Vikin…

5 years, 5 months ago

208-Maui: Big Tuna

What do you do after you hook the sun, dredge up islands for humanity, and bring fire to the world? How about settle down with a nice goddess, have s…

5 years, 5 months ago

207-Monkey King: Girls Before Swine

We're back in the tale of the Journey to the West, where we'll catch up with the pious monk, Xangzang, the Monkey King, Sun Wukong, and the incognito…

5 years, 5 months ago

206-Mabinogion: The Blip

We're back in the Mabinogion, a collection of Welsh folklore, where we'll see what happens when the apocalypse comes and goes. The good news is that …

5 years, 6 months ago

205B-Odyssey: The Widening Gyre

We're back, finishing up this leg of our journey in a packed episode with a witch, pigmen, more giants, Scylla, Charybdis, Hades, Tiresias, and, of c…

5 years, 6 months ago

205A-Odyssey: Man of Constant Sorrow

With monsters, witches, sirens, and cyclopes, the Odyssey is one of the landmarks of world literature and a classic for the ages. This is the start o…

5 years, 6 months ago

204-Russian Folklore: Get in the Bag

We're back in Russian folklore for a fun story about a soldier with some biscuits who fights demons, heaven, and yes, death itself.

The creature is th…

5 years, 6 months ago

203-Grimm: Out of the Woods

Two stories from the Grimm brothers! On the first, a wolf wants to eat some kids, and is annoyed that he needs to do the smallest amount of effort to…

5 years, 6 months ago

202-Greek Myths: Dead Poets Society

This week it is the very very spooky* Halloween episode about a terrifying** trek through the Greek underworld. It's definitely not a lighthearted ro…

5 years, 7 months ago

201-1001 Nights: In the Wind

We're back in the stories of 1001 nights, where Scheherazade has to tell bedtime stories to save her life. On the first, a man ruins a wedding recept…

5 years, 7 months ago